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Modest Fashion and MotherhoodFri, 09 Dec 2016 08:01:37 +0000en-UShourly1A Gift Guide For Fashion Loving Ladies!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheModestMom/~3/sr_VlqkFC9Y/
http://www.themodestmomblog.com/2016/12/gift-guides-for-fashion-loving-ladies/#respondFri, 09 Dec 2016 08:01:37 +0000http://www.themodestmomblog.com/?p=14174You might be all done Christmas shopping by now, but chances are, you still are looking for some gifts. You might even have your husband still asking you what you want for Christmas, and you haven’t given him a list!

Time is ticking, but here are some gift ideas for ladies who love fashion!

Rose Headbands – Online you just don’t get a sense of how cute these are. When we went to conventions this last spring, these headbands seemed to draw all the ladies over! They are super cute, and so easy to wear. You just tie them under your head, and mine stay on all day. We have them available in different colors at Deborah & Co. and we are still shipping out holiday packages!

Fleece Lined Leggings – Every woman who loves modest fashion needs a pair of these! Unless you live in Florida that is. Everyone who has a pair raves about how much they love them, and how warm they stay in them. My sister does not even wear these unless it’s freezing cold out, because she gets so warm in them! I’m the complete opposite, I wear them almost every day, all winter long under my skirts! They are adorable with a knee length skirt and boots, but also work great under maxi skirts!

A customer review

“Cozy and warm and makes me not hate winter! I was skeptical that leggings could be fleece lined and warm without looking lumpy and awkward. But these aren’t at all. And they are so soft. I’ve worn these almost every day this week, perfect for turning a knee length skirt into a year round item. I bought the black but have already decided I need the charcoal as well.”

Available in black, brown and charcoal color!

Receive free shipping on any USA order of $25 or more at Deborah & Co, through Monday, December 12th! Use the code: CHRISTMASGIFT to save!

Halftee – These make easy gifts, because you just order them in whatever t-shirt size the person wears! The perfect layering option for all year round, wear the short sleeve under a maxi dress or sleeveless shirt, or use the tank for under low cut sweaters, dresses, shirts…you get the picture! The neckline has a high or low option, I’m wearing the higher option in the picture above. We even offer a full length Halftee to wear under cardigans.

Use the code CHRISTMASGIFT to get free shipping in the US on any $25 or more order!

A new denim skirt – This skirt is so comfortable, it’s ridiculous! It’s like you are wearing jeggings, in a skirt! All sizes are available and shipping out quickly (sizes 4-20). This is something you would love to open under the tree on Christmas morning!

Don’t forget, use the code CHRISTMASGIFT to get free shipping in the US!

Stitch Fix – Last year my husband totally and completely surprised me by giving me a gift card to Stitch Fix! I had not asked for this, but he had heard me talk about how neat it would be try to this service out, and blessed me with $100 to do so. I was in tears, and in shock that he thought of it! It’s been the best gift ever, because it keeps going on! If you get a gift card and like the items, you can share on your social media accounts and earn $25 credit to Stitch Fix when someone signs up through your link. So your gift could keep stretching on past that one time!

You can read more about Stitch Fix and see what I’ve received here, here, and here. I’m getting another box in the mail next week!

Cents of Style – You can get the Tribe bracelets and necklaces for just $9.99-$11.99 each, which includes shipping! It’s a special sale through Sunday. I don’t like all the sayings, but some of them I really do like.

Expect Miracles

Be Kind

Be Still

Believe

Grateful

The Struggle Is Part Of The Story

(Ok, I really need this one! One day we are going to have an amazing story to tell about how we found a house to buy. Right now? The struggle is real to be patient and wait on the Lord!).

There are many other ones! These would make great gifts! Find them all here, and use the code TRIBEGIFT16 to get the sale price and free shipping.

Scarf – This is such a romantic, beautiful looking scarf! It’s on Amazon Prime with 13 different colors, for a really good price! A scarf normally makes a safe gift for anyone, so this could be a teacher’s gift, friend, co-worker…or a family member!

I hope these gave you some ideas as you finish up your Christmas shopping! I’ve done a lot of my shopping online this year, which has been so helpful!

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http://www.themodestmomblog.com/2016/12/modest-monday-and-a-link-up-176/#commentsMon, 05 Dec 2016 05:58:48 +0000http://www.themodestmomblog.com/?p=14167Sorry everyone, it’s just a link up today! It’s been a super busy weekend. Our daughter was baptized on Sunday, and it was Sean’s birthday. We had family over all day, and then stayed up late visiting with friends on Sunday evening.

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http://www.themodestmomblog.com/2016/11/what-we-are-doing-for-advent-this-year-the-last-minute-version-of-preparing/#commentsWed, 30 Nov 2016 19:40:24 +0000http://www.themodestmomblog.com/?p=14157December 1st always comes before I’m ready. Since we own businesses, Black Friday and Cyber Monday take a lot of our energy, and before I know it, Advent is upon us. I love spending the month of December with my children, doing fun activities like making paper snowflakes for art, reading, baking, and singing Christmas hymns around the piano together!

Advent and all these special memories don’t happen without planning, though. You might be like me and are just now getting it all pulled together. So this post is for all those moms who are scrambling to get ready for December!

Advent Ideas

The word Advent is derived from the Latin word adventus, meaning “coming. We spend this time looking forward to the time when we celebrate Christ’s birthday, even though we tell our children that we don’t know when Christ was born. It’s a time to stop and focus on this important part of our Savior’s life. Without His birth, there could be no death. Without His death, there could be no salvation. It all ties in together. We talk about all of this during the month of December.

Churches start the advent season on the last Sunday in November. As a family we just start it on December 1st. Like I said earlier, I have to get through Thanksgiving and Black Friday before I can focus on advent.

This year I’m really feeling the need to feed myself, and not just my children with the familiar yet powerful story. I want to experience again the fear and then joy that Mary must have felt, the shock that Joseph experienced, and that long journey to Bethlehem which leads them to the stable.

If you are like me, you might be wondering what resources are out there to help you and your family celebrate the birth of Christ. Thankfully I found a few that I’m excited about using!

I kept hearing online friends talk about this ebook, and when I went to read the sneak peak I knew this was just what I was looking for! Here is the description:

This book is for the woman who craves a less crazed-feeling Christmas, who longs for a season that is intentional and full of joy. Including 25 devotions, each of them guilt-free, inspiring, and able to be read in 10 minutes or less! As you prepare your heart for Christmas by reading through these pages, you’ll be inspired to drop the pursuit of perfection and chase holy.

If you haven’t discovered planners and notebooks and such, Blitsy is an awesome place to look! I’ve gotten planners and stickers from there, and next on my wishlist are some cute Travel Notebooks. They have really good deals – it’s like Zulily for planner people!

This whole line from Carpe Diem, called the Reset Girl is calling my name! They have stickers that go along with this line. I LOVE it! Ok…totally not Christmas related. Where were we?…

Advent with the children

There are a lot of creative, fun ways to involve your children in Advent! Here are some things I have planned.

The older children will write the scriptures from the #HeartinHandChallenge down with me each day, for copywork.

We are doing a Jesse Tree for real this year! It’s actually happening people. Stop the press! Front news headline!

We always try to start, but life happens and we don’t get our paper ornaments colored and it all falls apart. When I went to our local homeschool convention this year, a 13 year old boy was there with a booth selling all the homemade Jesse Tree ornaments he had made. They were $40, but it also came with a devotional put together with scriptures and hymns to read. I ordered a set and it just came in the mail last week! The children don’t know about it yet and they are going to be SO excited! We’ll put all these ornaments on a small tree.

If you are crafty, you could totally make these. It was worth the $40 to me because I would never find the time to put this all together! And I loved supporting a homeschooling student.

I don’t know if he will have any to sell for next year, but here is a Facebook group he has!

Music is very important in our home, and we love singing all the Christmas Carols together. We will be using this ebook and picking some of the activities that goes along with it.

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http://www.themodestmomblog.com/2016/11/modest-monday-and-a-link-up-175/#commentsMon, 28 Nov 2016 07:11:55 +0000http://www.themodestmomblog.com/?p=14148I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We were actually out of town until Sunday evening, which is crazy because it means we were out of town over our Black Friday sale! Sean and I did live Facebook videos together, and had help from family with the children. You can catch the one we did describing our Character Badges program in detail here.

Here is a more casual outfit for Modest Monday! This was oh so comfortable! The denim skirt is the new Long Denim Stretch Skirt we are selling, and I love it! I wore it 2 different times this weekend, because I just wanted to be comfy on vacation, and it’s perfect for that. Blue Ked shoes went perfectly with the skirt. Today is the last day of our sale Black Friday-Cyber Monday sale, so don’t miss out on grabbing it!

I just found this sweater at JCPenny, it’s soft and so great for everyday. It’s hard for me to find tops that I like, so I have a better selection of skirts than I do tops. I have a feeling this is a struggle for other ladies who dress modestly as well!

I’m wearing the new North Star clip that is available in November! It’s a really flexi clip!

Now is the time to stock up on Halftees, fleece lined leggings, Lace Tanks, Denim skirts, Princess Play dresses for your girls and more at Deborah & Co! Save 20% off everything with the code GIVETHANKS16 at the checkout. It ends Monday night!

The best sale of the year at Lilla Rose ends tonight! Save 20-60% off everything, plus get free shipping on orders of $75 or more, which even includes international orders!